MoU between India and Singapore in the field of Civil Aviation

The Union Cabinet under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was signed in November, 2015 between Airports Authority of India (Representing Government of India) and Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (Representing Government of Singapore) in Civil Aviation during Prime Minister’s visit to Singapore.

The objective of this MoU is to establish mutual cooperation in the field of civil aviation, which will initially cover, the airports of Jaipur and Ahmedabad. This cooperation will be extended to other airports with mutual consent. The salient features of the MoU include collaboration in Civil Aviation Sector in the areas of:

(a) Master-planning and design
(b) Traffic development
(c) Commercial development
(d) Service quality improvement
(e) Training and development
(f) Cargo handling and Management
(g) Maintenance, repair and overhaul
(h) Operation and management and
(i) Any other areas with mutual consent.